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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Sep 2

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← Aug 26Sep 2Sep 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

488 head

▼ 422 vs last sale 910▲ 488 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

52 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 58▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 27▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.75/cwt on 207 head.

Average price

$140.75

207 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$38

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small 1-2

$19.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.56

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	411	145.98	600	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	638	140.75	898	196
Small 1-2	504	126.67	638	3thin

One grade step is worth $19.31/cwt here — about −$38 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale207 hd

140.75

—

TN average8 barns · 879 hd

135.19

+5.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,380	76.00	1,049	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,222	56.90	695	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,155	54.33	628	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	49.89	487	13

Every lot

62 lots · USDA AMS · Dickson Regional Livestock Center - Dickson, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	462	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	343	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	549	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	148.97/cwt	145.00–150.00	551	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	155.97/cwt	155.00–158.00	593	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	665	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	468	140.51/cwt	140.00–141.00	658	2
Steers	—	Small 1-2	475	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	660	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	147.57/cwt	138.00–150.00	711	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	710	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	518	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	624	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	145.36/cwt	139.00–150.00	786	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	140.98/cwt	138.00–142.00	815	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	134.79/cwt	130.00–141.00	842	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	644	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	940	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	132.67/cwt	126.00–136.00	890	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	129.29/cwt	125.00–130.00	949	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	125.33/cwt	124.00–126.00	949	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	813	124.40/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,011	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	822	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,069	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	853	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,058	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	112.65/cwt	110.00–118.00	969	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	983	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,032	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	255	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	349	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	335	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	449	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	132.54/cwt	130.00–134.00	498	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	383	127.52/cwt	125.00–130.00	488	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	385	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	474	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	131.67/cwt	129.00–133.00	561	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	128.17/cwt	125.00–130.00	616	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	122.68/cwt	122.00–127.00	601	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	495	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	599	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	127.63/cwt	125.00–129.00	661	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	126.51/cwt	125.00–129.00	730	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	624	125.32/cwt	125.00–126.00	782	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	122.61/cwt	119.00–124.00	768	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	119.12/cwt	117.00–121.00	802	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	678	107.29/cwt	106.00–110.00	727	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	688	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	757	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	703	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	731	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	109.67/cwt	109.00–111.00	795	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	836	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	819	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	141.95/cwt	138.00–146.00	575	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	145.29/cwt	140.00–151.00	693	20
Bulls	—	Small 2-3	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	141.56/cwt	134.00–145.00	740	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	574	122.79/cwt	121.00–124.00	705	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	132.35/cwt	123.00–139.00	764	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	620	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	750	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	124.61/cwt	122.00–125.50	775	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	113.90/cwt	110.00–120.00	772	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	104.50/cwt	104.00–105.00	763	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,380	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,049	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	977	49.89/cwt	46.00–52.00	487	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,155	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	693	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	54.33/cwt	53.00–57.00	628	31
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,255	55.35/cwt	53.00–58.00	695	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	984	539.94/cwt	500.00–575.00	5,313	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,100	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,710	2

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dickson Regional Livestock Center - Dickson, TN

Mon Sep 2, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 488Last week 910Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 58Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 27Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	983	105.00	105.00
14	—	822	130.00	130.00
78	—	644	146.00	146.00
2	—	853	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	541	139.00–150.00	145.36
1	—	275	168.00	168.00
3	—	380	155.00–158.00	155.97
3	—	432	154.00	154.00
3	—	757	124.00–126.00	125.33
3	—	860	110.00–118.00	112.65
4	—	343	160.00	160.00
5	—	813	122.00–125.00	124.40
7	—	734	125.00–130.00	129.29
11	—	482	138.00–150.00	147.57
11	—	578	138.00–142.00	140.98
12	—	625	130.00–141.00	134.79
16	—	671	126.00–136.00	132.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	120.00–121.00	120.51
1	—	475	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	370	145.00–150.00	148.97
2	—	468	140.00–141.00	140.51
1	—	500	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	104.00–105.00	104.50
4	—	622	122.00–125.50	124.61
7	—	523	134.00–145.00	141.56
9	—	678	110.00–120.00	113.90
20	—	477	140.00–151.00	145.29
23	—	577	123.00–139.00	132.35
2	—	405	138.00–146.00	141.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	121.00	121.00
5	—	574	121.00–124.00	122.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	121.00	121.00
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
2	—	688	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	137.00	137.00
1	—	305	130.00	130.00
6	—	426	129.00–133.00	131.67
6	—	725	109.00–111.00	109.67
8	—	376	130.00–134.00	132.54
12	—	577	125.00–129.00	126.51
13	—	626	119.00–124.00	122.61
13	—	673	117.00–121.00	119.12
16	—	481	125.00–130.00	128.17
26	—	518	125.00–129.00	127.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	624	125.00–126.00	125.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	134.00	134.00
1	—	410	125.00	125.00
2	—	383	125.00–130.00	127.52
3	—	678	106.00–110.00	107.29
3	—	703	104.00	104.00
4	—	836	98.00	98.00
10	—	490	122.00–127.00	122.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	977	46.00–52.00	49.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	53.00–58.00	55.35
1	—	1,155	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,155	53.00–57.00	54.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	76.00	76.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	984	500.00–575.00	539.94

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	610.00	610.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.